week |45| CH:Bratislava, B.Aires, Busan, Eckental, Nashville

[Super-Fabio]

Bratislava
1 Johansson, Thomas SWE 55
2 Becker, Benjamin GER 62
3 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 67
4 Hajek, Jan CZE 77
5 Koubek, Stefan AUT 79
6 Greul, Simon GER 80
7 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 81
8 Vik, Robin CZE 82
9 Korolev, Evgeny RUS 86
10 Sluiter, Raemon NED 88
11 Vanek, Jiri CZE 89
12 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 96
13 Andreev, Igor RUS 97
14 Starace, Potito ITA 98
15 Marach, Oliver AUT 99
16 Falla, Alejandro COL 107
17 Pavel, Andrei ROM 108
18 Dlouhy, Lukas CZE 109
19 Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 114
20 Economidis, Konstantinos GRE 115
21 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 118
22 Kubot, Lukasz POL 120
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
1. Bolelli, Simone ITA 123
2. Carlsen, Kenneth DEN 126
3. Ulihrach, Bohdan CZE 139 @
4. Vinciguerra, Andreas SWE 141
5. Zib, Tomas CZE 144
6. Luzzi, Federico ITA 146
7. Minar, Ivo CZE 152
8. Zverev, Mischa GER 157
9. Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 158
10. Labadze, Irakli GEO 165
11. Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 166
12. Cakl, Tomas CZE 170
13. Crivoi, Victor ROM 190
14. Lopez, Marc ESP 204
15. Lacko, Lukas SVK 232
16. Balleret, Benjamin MON 234
17. Troicki, Viktor SRB 240
18. Azzaro, Leonardo ITA 252
19. Schukin, Yuri RUS 254
20. Ionita, Victor ROM 255

Buenos Aires
1 Horna, Luis PER 64
2 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 71
3 Monaco, Juan ARG 73
4 Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 91
5 Di Mauro, Alessio ITA 93
6 Roitman, Sergio ARG 101
7 Pashanski, Boris SRB 102
8 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 103
9 Vicente, Fernando ESP 113
10 Daniel, Marcos BRA 121
11 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 122
12 Delgado, Ramon PAR 125
13 Saretta, Flavio BRA 128
14 Fraile, Gorka ESP 130
15 Navarro Pastor, Ivan ESP 135
16 Hartfield, Diego ARG 136
17 Eschauer, Werner AUT 139
18 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 145
19 Mello, Ricardo BRA 149
20 Granollers-Pujol, Marcel ESP 163
21 Gil, Frederico POR 164
22 Guzman, Juan-Pablo ARG 173
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
1. Ouahab, Lamine ALG 174
2. Gonzalez, Maximo ARG 176
3. Junqueira, Diego ARG 185
4. Marin, Juan Antonio CRC 187
5. Ghem, Andre BRA 192
6. Echagaray, Bruno MEX 194
7. Silva, Julio BRA 200
8. Behrend, Tomas GER 211
9. Garcia, Adrian CHI 214
10. Massa, Edgardo ARG 219
11. Koellerer, Daniel AUT 223
12. Craciun, Dacian ROM 228
13. Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 229
14. Fognini, Fabio ITA 238
15. Eitzinger, Rainer AUT 242
16. Villagran, Cristian ARG 244
17. Dabul, Brian ARG 248
18. Ionita, Victor ROM 255
19. Cuevas, Pablo URU 269
20. Zeballos, Horacio ARG 279

Busan
1 Goldstein, Paul USA 70
2 Gimelstob, Justin USA 72
3 Phau, Bjorn GER 75
4 Kim, Kevin USA 90
5 Udomchoke, Danai THA 100
6 Muller, Gilles LUX 112
7 Querrey, Sam USA 137
8 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 138
9 Peya, Alexander AUT 147
10 Guccione, Chris AUS 150
11 Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 162
12 Faurel, Jean-Christophe FRA 168
13 Montcourt, Mathieu FRA 171
14 Odesnik, Wayne USA 178
15 Mertl, Jan CZE 188
16 Healey, Nathan AUS 191
17 Okun, Noam ISR 197
18 Arthurs, Wayne AUS 199
19 Soeda, Go JPN 201
20 Klec, Ivo SVK 202
21 Lisnard, Jean-Rene MON 218
22 Lee, Martin GBR 225
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
1. Craciun, Dacian ROM 228
2. Bogomolov Jr., Alex USA 231
3. Ionita, Victor ROM 255
4. Motomura, Gouichi JPN 267
5. Lammer, Michael SUI 284
6. Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 287
7. Wilson, Brian USA 293
8. Uebel, Lars GER 295
9. Bourgeois, Luke AUS 296
10. Chadaj, Adam POL 298
11. Monroe, Nick USA 299
12. Munoz-De La Nava, Daniel ESP 300
13. Chen, Ti TPE 304
14. Lugassy, Gary FRA 320
15. Iwabuchi, Satoshi JPN 328
16. Gonzalez, Pablo COL 329
17. Mergea, Florin ROM 336
18. Fruttero, John Paul USA 341
19. Baccanello, Paul AUS 342
20. Junaid, Rameez AUS 348

Eckental
1 Bracciali, Daniele ITA 69
2 Schuettler, Rainer GER 106
3 Waske, Alexander GER 117
4 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 124
5 Wang, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE 142
6 Berrer, Michael GER 153
7 Karanusic, Roko CRO 175
8 Cilic, Marin CRO 184
9 Vico, Uros ITA 195
10 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 203
11 Gulbis, Ernest LAT 205
12 Cipolla, Flavio ITA 206
13 Clemens, Tobias GER 208
14 Popp, Torsten GER 213
15 Istomin, Denis UZB 215
16 Carraz, Gregory FRA 216
17 Ungur, Adrian ROM 217
18 Elseneer, Gilles BEL 222
19 Dustov, Farrukh UZB 224
20 Summerer, Tobias GER 230
21 Stoppini, Andrea ITA 236
22 Beck, Andreas GER 239
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
1. Troicki, Viktor SRB 240
2. Kindlmann, Dieter GER 245
3. Azzaro, Leonardo ITA 252
4. Ionita, Victor ROM 255
5. Goodall, Joshua GBR 256
6. Parmar, Arvind GBR 263
7. Chardy, Jeremy FRA 265
8. Meffert, Dominik GER 268
9. Bohli, Stephane SUI 277
10. Rehnquist, Bjorn SWE 282
11. Lammer, Michael SUI 284
12. Navratil, Michal CZE 294
13. Munoz-De La Nava, Daniel ESP 300
14. Marray, Jonathan GBR 311
15. Wessels, Peter NED 313
16. Auckland, James GBR 315
17. Bachelot, Jean-Francois FRA 316
18. Nielsen, Frederik DEN 318
19. Zemlja, Grega SLO 319
20. Lugassy, Gary FRA 320

Nashville
1 Spadea, Vincent USA 74
2 Dancevic, Frank CAN 83
3 Pless, Kristian DEN 104
4 Alves, Thiago BRA 105
5 Kendrick, Robert USA 119
6 De Voest, Rik RSA 127
7 Philippoussis, Mark AUS 129
8 Delic, Amer USA 134
9 Bozoljac, Ilia SRB 140
10 Capdeville, Paul CHI 143
11 Russell, Michael USA 148
12 Reynolds, Bobby USA 154
13 Bastl, George SUI 156
14 Morrison, Jeff USA 161
15 Armando, Hugo USA 172
16 Witten, Jesse USA 180
17 Dorsch, Benedikt GER 181
18 Sa, Andre BRA 183
19 Mamiit, Cecil PHI 186
20 Fleishman, Zack USA 193
21 Salzenstein, Jeff USA 198 @
22 Bloomfield, Richard GBR 207
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
1. Widom, Todd USA 210
2. Haase, Robin NED 212
3. Kuznetsov, Alex USA 220
4. Warburg, Sam USA 226
5. Bogomolov Jr., Alex USA 231
6. Gonzalez, Santiago MEX 233
7. Ram, Rajeev USA 237
8. Nunez, Eric USA 241
9. Stadler, Simon GER 246
10. Oudsema, Scott USA 260
11. Levy, Harel ISR 262
12. Rojer, Jean-Julien AHO 274
13. Simmonds, Phillip USA 275
14. Bohli, Stephane SUI 277
15. Rehnquist, Bjorn SWE 282
16. Lammer, Michael SUI 284
17. Sela, Dudi ISR 286
18. # Mayer, Leonardo ARG 290
19. Wilson, Brian USA 293
20. Munoz-De La Nava, Daniel ESP 300

[Super-Fabio]

Bratislava: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Falla, Vanek
IN: Bolelli, Carlsen
NEXT: Ulihrach, Vinciguerra, Zib, Luzzi, I.Minar, Zverev

Buenos Aires: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: none
IN: none

Busan: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Gimelstob, Lee (and Wilson from ALT)
IN: Craciun, Bogomolov
NEXT: Ionita, Motomura, Lammer, Roger Vasselin, Uebel

Eckental: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: none
IN: none

Nashville: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: none
IN: none

[Super-Fabio]

Bratislava: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Falla, Hajek, Vanek
IN: Bolelli, Carlsen, Ulihrach
NEXT: Vinciguerra, Zib, Luzzi, I.Minar, Zverev, Stakhovsky

Buenos Aires: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: none (Echagaray from ALT)
IN: none

Busan: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Gimelstob, Lee (and Wilson from ALT)
IN: Craciun, Bogomolov
NEXT: Ionita, Motomura, Lammer, Roger Vasselin, Uebel

Eckental: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: none
IN: none

Nashville: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Dorsch
IN: Widom
NEXT: Haase, Kuznetsov, Warburg, Bogomolov, S.Gonzalez

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Bratislava: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Falla, Hajek, T.Johansson, Vanek
IN: Bolelli, Carlsen, Ulihrach, Vinciguerra
NEXT: Zib, Luzzi, I.Minar, Zverev, Stakhovsky, Labadze, Lorenzi, Cakl

Buenos Aires: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Devilder (Echagaray from ALT)
IN: Ouahab
NEXT: Gonzalez, Junqueira, Marin, Ghem, Silva, Behrend, Garcia, Massa

No change at the other three challengers.

Jay

[Super-Fabio]

Bratislava: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Falla, Hajek, T.Johansson, Vanek
IN: Bolelli, Carlsen, Ulihrach, Vinciguerra
NEXT: Zib, Luzzi, I.Minar, Zverev, Stakhovsky, Labadze, Lorenzi, Cakl

Buenos Aires: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Devilder (Echagaray from ALT)
IN: Ouahab
NEXT: Gonzalez, Junqueira, Marin, Ghem, Silva, Behrend, Garcia, Massa

Busan: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Gimelstob, Lee (and Wilson, Lugassy from ALT)
IN: Craciun, Bogomolov, Ionita, Motomura
NEXT: Lammer, Roger Vasselin, Uebel, Bourgeois, Chadaj, Monroe

Eckental: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Elseneer, Kunitsyn
IN: Troicki, Kindlmann, Azzaro, Ionita
NEXT: Goodall, Parmar, Chardy, Meffert, Bohli, Rehnquist

Nashville: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Dorsch (and Widom from ALT)
IN: Haase
NEXT: Kuznetsov, Warburg, Bogomolov, S.Gonzalez, Ram, Nunez

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Nashville: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Alves, Dorsch (and Widom from ALT)
IN: Haase, Kuznetsov
NEXT: Warburg, Bogomolov, S.Gonzalez, Ram, Nunez, Stadler, Oudsema, Levy

No change at the other four..

Jay

[bass]

Oliver Marach will be out of Bratislava due to an ankle injury

[Super-Fabio]

Bratislava: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Andreev, Falla, Hajek, T.Johansson, Marach, Pavel, Vanek (and Vinciguerra from ALT)
IN: Bolelli, Carlsen, Ulihrach, Zib, Luzzi, I.Minar, Zverev, Stakhovsky, Labadze
NEXT: Lorenzi, Cakl, Crivoi, M.Lopez, Lacko, Balleret, Troicki

Buenos Aires: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Devilder, Horna (Echagaray from ALT)
IN: Ouahab, Gonzalez
NEXT: Marin, Ghem, Silva, Behrend, Garcia, Massa, Koellerer

Busan: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Arthurs, Gimelstob, Lee, Lisnard (and Roger Vasselin, Wilson, Bourgeois, Munoz de la Nava, Lugassy, Fruttero from ALT)
IN: Craciun, Bogomolov, Ionita, Motomura, Lammer, Uebel
NEXT: Chadaj, Monroe, Chen, Iwabuchi, Gonzalez, Mergea, Baccanello

Eckental: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Elseneer, Kunitsyn (and Ionita, Parmar, Lammer, Munoz de la Nava from ALT)
IN: Troicki, Kindlmann, Azzaro, Goodall
NEXT: Chardy, Meffert, Bohli, Rehnquist, Navratil, Marray, Wessels

Nashville: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Alves, Dorsch (and Widom from ALT)
IN: Haase, Kuznetsov
NEXT: Warburg, Bogomolov, S.Gonzalez, Ram, Nunez, Stadler, Oudsema

[Nev]

18. # Mayer, Leonardo ARG 290

What does the # mean? Thanks.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Doesn't mean anything for us. Indicates that he owes ATP some fine or something. Quite a few payers have those things. We sometimes edit it out ..

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Bratislava: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Andreev, Falla, Hajek, T.Johansson, Lopez, Marach, Pavel, Vanek (and Vinciguerra from ALT)
IN: Bolelli, Carlsen, Ulihrach, Zib, Luzzi, I.Minar, Zverev, Stakhovsky, Labadze, Lorenzi
NEXT: Cakl, Crivoi, M.Lopez, Lacko, Balleret, Troicki

Buenos Aires: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Devilder, Horna (Echagaray from ALT)
IN: Ouahab, Gonzalez, Marin, Ghem
NEXT: Silva, Behrend, Garcia, Massa, Koellerer

Busan: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Arthurs, Gimelstob, Lee, Lisnard (and Roger Vasselin, Wilson, Bourgeois, Munoz de la Nava, Lugassy, Fruttero from ALT)
IN: Craciun, Bogomolov, Ionita, Motomura, Lammer, Uebel
NEXT: Chadaj, Monroe, Chen, Iwabuchi, Gonzalez, Mergea, Baccanello

Eckental: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Elseneer, Kunitsyn, Tsonga (and Azzaro, Ionita, Parmar, Bohli, Lammer, Navratil, Munoz de la Nava, Wessels from ALT)
IN: Troicki, Kindlmann, Goodall, Chardy, Meffert
NEXT: Rehnquist, Marray, Auckland, Bachelot

Nashville: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Alves, Bastl, Dorsch (and Widom, Bogomolov from ALT)
IN: Haase, Kuznetsov, Warburg
NEXT: S.Gonzalez, Ram, Nunez, Stadler, Oudsema, Levy, Rojer

Jay

[Kinetix]

Leo Mayer has a fine because his late withdrawal at Freudenstadt.

[Kinetix]

Buenos Aires: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Devilder, Horna (Echagaray from ALT)
IN: Ouahab, Gonzalez, Marin, Ghem
NEXT: Silva, Behrend, Garcia, Massa, Koellerer

What happens with Junqueira? He was third in alternate list and Marin fourth

[Nev]

Thanks Kinetix and Jay for the answers. Is it like an attention call?

Yeah, Junqueira is first in the Alternate List, I don't think he withdrew.

[Super-Fabio]

Buenos Aires: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Devilder, Horna (Echagaray from ALT)
IN: Ouahab, Gonzalez, Marin, Ghem
NEXT: Silva, Behrend, Garcia, Massa, Koellerer

What happens with Junqueira? He was third in alternate list and Marin fourth

Junqeira is IN, Ghem is OUT

[Kinetix]

Buenos Aires: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Devilder, Horna (Echagaray from ALT)
IN: Ouahab, Gonzalez, Marin, Ghem
NEXT: Silva, Behrend, Garcia, Massa, Koellerer

What happens with Junqueira? He was third in alternate list and Marin fourth

Junqeira is IN, Ghem is OUT

Yeah, today i saw him at the club and says he will play to Machi Gonzalez

[Kinetix]

Buenos Aires: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Devilder, Horna (Echagaray from ALT)
IN: Ouahab, Gonzalez, Marin, Ghem
NEXT: Silva, Behrend, Garcia, Massa, Koellerer

What happens with Junqueira? He was third in alternate list and Marin fourth

Junqeira is IN, Ghem is OUT

Yeah, today i saw him at the club and says he will play against Machi Gonzalez

[flav]

Ghem is IN; Daniel OUT

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Strange .. I must have made a mistake, or there was a wrong list temporarily ..

Anyway, this was the final official list ..

Buenos Aires: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Devilder, Horna (Echagaray from ALT)
IN: Ouahab, Gonzalez, Junqueira, Marin
NEXT: Ghem, Silva, Behrend, Garcia, Massa, Koellerer

Then Ghem got in as the last man, when Daniel pulled out just before the draw. So you all got it right above!

Jay

[fran]

On the 2nd day of the first round of the Challenger of Buenos Aires the tickets were sold out the day before!

Does anyone know if a similar situation happened in any other challenger tournament before?

[Judio]

Mark Philippoussis withdrew,

replaced by LL Eric Nunez

[fran]

Challenger of Buenos Aires. Thursday session. All tickets sold out again. Argentina deserves to hold a Master Series

[daryl]

But how many seats does Vilas' club has? The masters series in Buenos Aires... forget about it, there not nearly enough $$$ to make it happen, and you have to take it from someone... Montecarlo? it seems like the more logical choice to me...

[fran]

But how many seats does Vilas' club has? The masters series in Buenos Aires... forget about it, there not nearly enough $$$ to make it happen, and you have to take it from someone... Montecarlo? it seems like the more logical choice to me...

Hola cipayo.

Funny to speak in English with a fellow "countryman". There are 2000 seats in the main court. But that´s not the point about finding it as a possibility to think on a Master Series in Buenos Aires.

That wasn´t me but the ATP who is considering the posibility to place a Master Series Cup in LatinAmerica. Mexico and Argentina are the main contenders. Mexico is being considered for an economic issue but Argentina aswell because most of the tickets were sold in the past series of the tournament. The tournament was a big success in the past years.

Tickets for the tournament that is going to take place in February are going to be launch to sell on December 3rd and I heard off the record that they will be sold out in the first week. They are even considering to move the tournament from Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club to Parque Roca (14000 seats) in a nearby future as the 5500 seats of the main court are not enough.

It seems to be that you had been away of Argentina for a while or perhaps you are not well informed...

Tchuessli

[daryl]

Jajaja... la onda es que entiendan todos, aparte asi practicamos ingles .

I didnt know that Vilas' club had that many seats, in that case the challenger is a success (i know the ATP tourney is always soldout). But i dont understand the post talking about the end of copa petrobras, not in Argentina at least...

I will make a topic in the unmoderated section about a big tournament in Latin America.

ta' lue'

Alejandro